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No. 840,645. PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907.

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Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

Application filed June 18, 1906. Serial No. 322,348.

To add whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NANCY S. A. E. MYERS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Holland, in the county of Bell, State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Beds; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to beds, and more particularly to invalid-beds,and has for its object to provide a bed including a bed-pan and aspecially-arranged mattress for use in connection therewith.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription.

In the drawings a portion of this specification, and in which likenumerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a top plan view of the present invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1 taken through the receptacle. Fig; 3 is a detail view showing the strap. Fig 4 is across-section on line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a bed having a mattress 5and including a spring 6. In the spring, at the foot end thereof, thereis a metallic pan-receptacle 7, which is open at its foot end and at itstop. A pan 8 is provided and lies within the receptacle, it beingpossible to slide the pan from the open end of the receptacle, and thepan has lateral flanges 9, which rest upon similar flanges 10, carriedby the recep- At its foot end the panhas an opening with which adischarge-pipe 11 communicates, and the bottom of the pan slantsdownwardly from its head to its foot end.

A cover 13 is provided for the pan and has its side portions bent underand toward each other to form guides which receive the lateral flanges 9of the pan, the cover being thus slidable into and out of operativeposition. The cover has a central elongated opening 14 therein, and atthe foot end of the opening there is an upwardly-extending guard 15,which extends over the opening for a short distance and which is securedto the cover at the sides of the opening, the guard being thus somewhatconical in form. The mattress 5 consists of a body portion bifurcated atits foot end, and the resultant l spaced portions are connected byastrap 16 at their outer ends, a removable filling-piece 17 beingprovided for the bifurcation-and being held in place by the strap, whichis detachable to permit of removal of the filling-piece. The bifurcationlies above the opening 14 of the cover 13, and when the pan is to beused the filling-piece is removed, as will be understood. All liquidpasses off through the pipe 11, and t e pan may be easily removed, aswill be seen, to permit of cleaning.

The bed includes a foot-board 19, which is provided with an opening 20,through which the removable portions may be withdrawn, and a head-board21 is also provided.

What is claimed is 1. An invalid-bed comprising supporting portions, areceptacle open at its top and one end, a pan in the receptacle andmovable outwardly through the end thereof, a cover for the pan having anopening therein, a mattress upon the support and having an opening overthat of the cover, and a removable filling-piece in the opening of themattress.

l 2. An invalid-bed comprising foot and h head boards, one having anopening therein,

a spring, a pan removably mounted in the spring, said opening beingdisposed for passage of the pan therethrough, and a mattress upon thespring, said mattress having an opening over the pan.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NANCY S. A. E. MYERS.

I I Vitnesses:

W. HOUSTON, J A. WILSON.

